The Difference Between Managers and Leaders by Donna Flagg

Debate has long surrounded the topic of whether managers differ from leaders and vice versa, and if so, how. Some companies try to train employees to be both, while some consider them distinctly different. However, in reality, the answer remains elusive because managers and leaders are both the same and different.

Managing requires getting work done. It requires the management of people and day-to-day organization of logistics, communication, workflow and tasks. It is making sure that things run smoothly in the same way that moving parts of a machine work together to create a functional whole…